Prices farmers received for their commodities increased in December 2007 from the same month a year earlier as crop prices continued to soar, offsetting the drop in cattle and hog products prices, […] Read more
Ag product price index rises again on crops
Farm cash receipts at new high: StatsCan
Market cash receipts for farmers hit a record high in 2007, boosted primarily by a surge in grain and oilseed prices, Statistics Canada reported Monday. Dairy, poultry and egg producers […] Read more
Cattle, hog herds dropping: StatsCan
Canada’s cattle and hog herds dropped even further in size by the end of 2007, according to a new survey of livestock producers by Statistics Canada. Canada’s cattle herd continued […] Read more
Grain corn, feed crops seen up in StatsCan survey
Production of major field crops, except for spring wheat, canola and flaxseed, should improve from 2006 estimates as a result of increases in harvested acreage, according to a survey of […] Read more